Sunday, July 10, 2005
Not What's Needed
Open wheel racing in America has suffered greatly in recent years since CART split and IRL was formed. This left Formula One as the only really top notchopen wheel league in the world. And now they are threatening to do the same thing.
Maybe it's time dirt track sprints to go national again?
Formula One will fracture into two rival series unless Max Mosley steps down as president of motorsport's governing body the FIA.The CART/IRL split was, in part, about returning the sport to the fans. But I don't see that in this fight, which makes it all the more awful. It's gong to be several more years before IRL gets its act fully together and it is likley NASCAR is going to have to stumble (its inevitiable, I just don't know when) before open wheel can enjoy the fan support in America it once had. I am afraid that if F1 splits, open wheel might just disappear.
That is according to Minardi team boss Paul Stoddart, who is acting as spokesman for the rival camp in F1's political dispute.
He told BBC Sport: "If Mosley stays in F1, there will be two series in 2008."
Maybe it's time dirt track sprints to go national again?
